Pacific Perspectives
Tesla shares fall after results. But this market speculation may keep the stock afloat for a while
Tesla shares were lower after its first-quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday on the company’s bigger-than-anticipated cap-ex expansion, but Wall Street is buzzing about speculation that could keep a bid under the stock for the near future. The chatter…
Promised buybacks less forthcoming for the ASX’s private credit funds
Two ASX-listed private credit vehicles did not carry out quarterly buybacks as expected at the end of March, prompting brokers to question why advertised capital management strategies had not been followed. MA Financial’s MA Credit…
Australia’s ETF market is set to hit $380b, up 400pc in six years
Younger investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds, driving index tracking strategies to grow by a fifth this year alone. State Street, the largest global ETF administrator and one of the world’s big three ETF…
This week’s avalanche of profit downgrades is only the beginning
Investors are bracing for a grim string of profit downgrades as the war in the Middle East drags on and the Reserve Bank of Australia lifts interest rates, despite brokers hanging on to bullish outlooks…
Stock futures are little changed after Trump announces 3-week extension to Israel-Lebanon ceasefire: Live updates
U.S. stock futures were little changed on Thursday night after President Donald Trump said that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks. S&P 500 futures were trading around flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.4%. Futures…
Tesla misses on revenue but beats on profit as auto margins jump
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-earnings-report.html
Cleaner energy means new skills and career paths
As AGL prepares to close its coal-fired power plants in NSW’s Hunter Valley and Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, it is exploring how to retrain staff who may have been running these legacy assets for 40 years so they…
Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
Traders of oil futures are a sunny bunch. On April 17, after Iran’s foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open”, the price of Brent crude fell by 10 per cent, to $US90 a…
ASX to fall, Wall St rallies
Australian shares are poised to open lower. All three major US stock benchmarks closed higher, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite advancing at least 1 per cent, paced by tech stocks. Tesla rose…
Trump extends Iran ceasefire — but market focus has already drifted elsewhere
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/markets-shrug-at-trumps-iran-ceasefire-extension.html